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I got nothin'...NADA...ZIP... The FickleBiatch of the BloggerMuse has left my normally active mind filled with crap and garbage...
well, actually i got this...
Why is a college coach getting use of a private jet? Now Granted I like this coach. He is a great leader. He coaches for the MSU Spartan basketball team. Coach Izzo is a class guy. He has made the program a great program. His success is nearly unrivaled...And in college now days it is all about the program...If the program is successful, the college is successful.
WTF???
I know that the program brings in lots of money. Millions from television and bowl games and championships. It is self funding...RIIIGHT. It should be.And it should help defray the cost of higher education. Am I right? Of course I am...
I may be wrong about this but I am going to go out on a limb and state this as fact. The students that comprise the campus of a university are the customers of that university. They pay for education. Lots of money for an education. lots. and. lots...What do they get if the program is successful?
Okay, They get a bunch of reasons to celebrate and drink beer and booze cuz the team just played. And won. Only occasionally they win for some programs, but whatever...It really does not matter much at all. I like to celebrate. I like sports. I like drinking. I do not need to spend a metricshitton of cash to party...
so you are prolly asking,
what is your problem, Bruce?
I thought the idea of a college education is educating the youth of today for becoming the leaders of tomorrow. I thought that a college education is about eduction. Learning. oh yeah and learning how to party. i get that... but hey i can teach a kid how to party for a lot less than a four year institution...
nope.
It is about sports.
And Money.
I do not know how much a private jet costs. I know it is not cheap. Not cheap at all. Millions of dollars...Tens of millions. At least according to The Grisham Novel The Rain Maker...
I love using fiction to prove a point. Cuz we all know the truth is stranger than fiction. And the Truth is a private jet cost a lot of money. Did I mention that? Not only is the purchase completely over the GNP of Dingglberryistan, but the yearly maintenance and upkeep is prolly more than the GNP of PoorPooristan...Jus' sayin'...
I do not know the exact cost of a college education in today's dollars. Nope, not at all, but I can guess it is over $10,000.00 per year. That is a lot of money. And why is it so much?
CUZ i said so... the self funding of a program is not truly self funding and colleges do not care about the client. They care about money...money...money...
so not much different than the rest of the world...
the TuckMonster and I double dog dare ya to follow us!!!
Bottom line: College is a business. Some may have the perks of a jet for the upper crust, and its a write off... Sure its to educate, but its also a business.. The football team and other sports brings in revenue... (business again)... When my girls went to college back in the early 90's they went to UC's which run about 14k a year including housing... Let's face it the cost is due to how prestigous the uni. is.. USC is private and costs double what my kids paid.. BFD. is what I say..
ReplyDeleteyup KBF it is a business...
ReplyDeleteand i actually trimed this post down a few paragraphs cuz it was just a tirade... the problem i have with all... the business should be focused on education but somewhere in the last 30 yrs or so it has become more about sports and less about education...
actually, I feel its always been about sports.. the better the team, more revenue for the schools.. More emphasis is put on sports nowadays..Also, kids will get full sports scholarships.. all they have to do is maintain a C average.. A C average for college? I don't see how any kid would be proud of a C avg. in college.
ReplyDeleteI only know what I have learned from the movies. Nothing to add here :)
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